Universal Health Services Archives – Citizens Commission on Human Rights, CCHR

CCHR’s mission is to eradicate abuses committed under the guise of mental health and enact patient and consumer protections.

05 Nov

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UK Legislators Asked to Increase Oversight and Criminal Accountability in U.S. Owned For-Profit Behavioral Hospitals

by CCHR in Acadia, ECT, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Electroshock, Fraud, All, Health Care Fraud, All, Involuntary Commitment, Involuntary Commitment, All, Mental Health Human Rights, All, Psychiatric Abuse, UHS, Universal Health Services

Hundreds of UK legislators have been sent a White Paper on Fraud and Abuse in the UK’s for-profit behavioral industry, calling for tighter oversight and accountability of facilities owned by U.S companies, Acadia Healthcare and Universal Health Services (UHS). The mental health ...

A CCHR International report on behavioral health facilities published last year highlights how the lack of science, medically sound diagnoses and unworkable treatments in psychiatry have escaped accountability and contributed to the fraud.

27 Oct

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CCHR, Mental Health Industry Watchdog, Rails Against Use of Commitment Laws That Detain Patients for Profit

by CCHR in Acadia, Baker Act, All, Florida Patient's Bill of Rights, All, Involuntary Commitment, Involuntary Commitment, Mental Health Funding, All, Parents Rights, Patient Rights, All, Psychiatric Abuse, Sequel, Sequel Youth and Family Services, SequelCare, Sexual Assault, UHS, Universal Health Services

Involuntary commitment laws are being used to detain mental health patients for profit, with the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) saying the system needs to be overhauled and stringent penalties put in place to stem the fraud and abuse. The group ...

20 Aug

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Multi-Million Dollar Fines Insufficient to Curb Fraud & Patient Sexual Abuse in For-Profit Behavioral Health Industry, CCHR Says

by CCHR in Acadia, All, Children, All, Foster Care, Patient Rights, All, Psychiatric Abuse, Sequel, Sequel Youth and Family Services, SequelCare, Sexual Assault, All, Teens, UHS, Universal Health Services

Universal Health Services (UHS), which owns a chain of for-profit psychiatric facilities in the U.S. and the United Kingdom, has agreed to pay $127 million to settle a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) civil probe into alleged fraud. The settlement ...

31 Jul

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Multi-Million Fines Insufficient to Curb Abuse in For-Profit Behavioral Health Industry

by CCHR in Baker Act, All, Foster Care, Fraud, All, Health Care Fraud, All, Psychiatric Abuse, Sequel, Sequel Youth and Family Services, SequelCare, UHS, Universal Health Services

Universal Health Services (UHS), which owns a chain of for-profit psychiatric facilities in the U.S. and the United Kingdom, has agreed to pay $127 million to settle a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) civil probe into alleged fraud. The settlement ...

24 Jul

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In wake of $1.4B Suboxone Payout, Mental Health Watchdog, CCHR, Says Psychiatric Industry and Hospitals Cash in on Opioid Crisis

by CCHR in Acadia, All, Drug Warnings, All, Drugs in Florida, All, DSM, All, Health Care Fraud, All, Over Prescribing Meds, All, Prescription Drugs, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychiatrists / Psychologists, All, Psychiatry, UHS, Universal Health Services

A pharmaceutical company’s recent $1.4 billion settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) over probes into its addiction treatment drug, Suboxone Film (buprenorphine and naloxone), has raised concerns about psychiatric drug treatments offered as solutions to the opioid crisis, the ...

26 Aug

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SEXUAL MISCONDUCT BY A PSYCHOTHERAPIST – ARREST WARRANT ISSUED

by CCHR in All, Mental Health Care, All, News, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychiatrists / Psychologists, UHS, Universal Health Services

POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA – According to a Detective in the Polk County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Investigations, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of psychiatrist Robert Morgenthal for “Sexual Misconduct by a Therapist”. This comes on the heels ...

26 Mar

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For-profit Psychiatric Hospitals Rake in Millions While Under Investigation for Fraud

by CCHR in Baker Act, Fraud, All, Health Care Fraud, Involuntary Commitment, All, Medicaid, All, Medicare, All, Mental Health Human Rights, Patient Rights, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychiatrists / Psychologists, All, Psychiatry, All, The Baker Act, UHS, Universal Health Services

For-profit psychiatric hospitals have continued cheating taxpayers and abusing government programs with fraudulent billing practices. At the same time they are piling up record profits, these facilities deliver terrible service to patients and create a dangerous working environment for hospital ...

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